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Scurge: Hive is a 2006 action-RPG [[Platform Game]] released simultaneously for the Gameboy Advance and DS. The gameplay is quite similar to the 2D iterations of the [[Metroid]] series, but unlike them uses [[Isometric Projection]].
[[Seen It a Million Times|Stop me if any of this sounds familiar]]. The player takes on the role of [[Bounty Hunter]] Jenosa Arma, on assignment from the [[The Federation|Confederation]]. Her mission is to seek out the high security Confederaton Research Lab 56, on planet Inos. 48 hours prior to the start of the game, the base sent out a [[Distress Call|distress signal]]. No further contact could be established. Now here's the kicker: the base was designed for the containment and research of a [[The Virus|potent infectious life form]] called the [[Title Drop|Scurge]].
The Confeds are [[Genre Savvy|reasonably sure]] that the Scurge has escaped containment and likely infected or killed everyone on base. Therefore, it is stated in the game's introduction/Jenosa's briefing that her mission is one of ''data retrieval''. They've outfitted her with one of the [[Powered Armor|infection-resistant suits]] used at the base and special [[Arm Cannon|energy-projectile gauntlets]], as apparently ordinary firearms could be infected by the Scurge.
Jenosa arrives in orbit around the planet only to be blasted by a ground-to-orbit energy cannon, which somehow transfers the infection onto her ship. After the game's first [[Boss Battle|boss fight]], her ship's AI, Magellan, informs her that she herself is infected. A new meter appears on your HUD, indicating the level of infection present in Jenosa's body, thus setting up a [[Timed Mission|time limit]] for the game. Her infection level increases as you play, and if it reaches 100%, will quickly tick away her health. If Jenosa dies in this manner, she [[Nonstandard Game Over|transforms into a Scurge host]]. However, the infection meter is easily reset by visiting a [[Save Point]].
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* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Portions of the Research Facility are underground. The entire base is mazelike, and the underground areas are no exception.
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Not the standard fire/ice/lightning arrangement so much as fire/EMP/"dissipation". The mechanic is identical, however. Each type of enemy (biological, mechanical or energy-based) is weak to one weapon, is strengthened and sped up by another, and takes damage equal to the basic shot from the third.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{spoiler|[[Hive Mind|The Source]] seems to increase in intelligence and maleficence as it absorbs everything around it. Allowing this thing to escape Inos would not be a good idea.)}}
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Jenosa flips when she jumps in any direction save straight up, sending her [[Rapunzel Hair|impressively-long ponytail]] into a [[Sonic the Hedgehog|spindash]]-like swirl.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The title.
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* [[Freeze Ray]]: Though less of a ray then an area-of-effect attack. A purely defensive measure, as the frozen enemies become impervious to attack. They can be dragged onto pressure plates to activate devices in the environment, however.
* [[From a Single Cell]]: All it takes for the Scurge to become a problem.
* [[Fungus Humongous]]: The Scurge infests whole areas of walls and ground throughout the base. Touching this red [[
* [[Ghost Planet]]: Not once do you ever encounter a researcher face-to-face. {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Fuel|Well, uninfected, at any rate.]]}}
* [[Goddamned Bats]]: Most weaker enemies until you acquire the beam they are weak to, which is thankfully early on. However, the tentacles that emerge from the red goo to shoot poison gas at you continue to be annoying throughout the game. The little floating balls of fire are also annoying, as they are often positioned to screw up your jumps.
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* [[Latex Space Suit]]: Jenosa's suit is rather form-fitting.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Possible, once the Combustion upgrade is in your possession. Lethal against biological enemies, but only makes mechanicals stronger.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Every cinematic shot of Jenosa emphasizes the junk in her trunk. Even her sprite emphasizes it.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Like any setting involving an invasive virus that can assimilate other lifeforms, it's there. Some of the [[Apocalyptic Log|ApocalypticLogs]] provide some, but the creepiest moment comes when Jenosa confronts ({{spoiler|[[Hive Mind|The Source]]}}
* [[One-Man Army|One Woman Army]]: Jenosa is one tough cookie, but she probably had little real idea what she was getting into. Didn't stop her, of course.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Many enemies, as well as Jenosa herself, as an option after [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|completing the game once.]]
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: The titular parasites, as well as a floating jellyfish-looking enemy that latches onto you and saps away your life.
* [[Powered Armor]]: Jenosa's suit.
* [[Power Crystal]]: ''[[Lensman]]''-like hand crystals on both of Jenosa's gauntlets. Serve as the emitters for her beam weapons.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: How ''does'' Jenosa avoid tripping over that impressive ponytail of hers?
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